Box-fastener



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G. LINDER; & *0." F ARNER;

BOX FASTENE/R.

Patented Jan. 24, 1888.'

UNITED V STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE LINDER AND CONRAD FARNER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BOX- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION Zormingpart of Letters Patent No. 376,805, dated January24, 18138.

Application filed .rui ca, 1887. Serial to. 244,012. (No model.)

To all whmw it natty concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE LINDER and CONRAD FARNER, of Milwaukee, inthe county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new anduseful ImprovementsinBox- Fasteners; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in a combined box fastener andseal,'and the same is also adapted for fastening and sealing the doorsof cars, safes, &o.

The construction of our invention is ex-' case of that class which isused for carrying.

packages of bottles. Fig. 2 represents a bottom view ofour fasteningdevice from theunder side of the cover.- Fig. 3 is a perspective viewofthe fastening hook and lever and the bracket by which the same isattached to the cover. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of a thin metallicseal by which the fastening device is sealed when locked. Fig. 5represents a top view of a removable handle which is used in attachingthe sealto the. locking mechanism. Like parts are represented by thesame reference-letters throughout the several views.

A is the removable cover of the box, which is attached at one end to thebox B, as shown upon the left in Fig. 1, by one or more retaining-cleatsor cross-bars, O, which engage beneath the inward-projecting edge of thesta-' tionary piece D, and at the other end by our improved lockingmechanism, consisting of the angular two-armed lever E, thelever-retaining bracket F, and the keeper J. The lever E is pivoted tothe bracket F upon the lugs G G by pin H, and extends downward beneaththe cover, and is provided at its lower end with a fastening-hook, I,which hook, when the cover is locked, engages in the stationaryretainingkeeper J. The opposite end of the lever'E extends upwardthrough a slot in the bracket F, where it may be reached from theexterior of the box. The retaining-keeper J is rigidly affixed to thebox 13 by screws K. i To permit of i a number of boxes being piled oneupon an? other without coming in contact with the locking mechanism, anaperture, L, is'provided inthe cover for the reception of the bracket Fand lever E, whereby said locking. mechanism,

when secured in placein the locking position,

is all located below the upper surface of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1.When securingthe cover. to the box,-the ends of the cleats 0, two

of which are preferably used, one located at each end of the cover, areinserted beneath the.

cross-piece D, when'the upper-protruding end of the lever E is presseddownward, whereby the hook I is brought in beneath and engages againstthe lower surface of the keeper J ,whereby the cover A is fastenedto thebox and the same cannot be withdrawn without first raising the lever E.When, however, itis desirous to provide for securely locking thecovertothe box, to prevent the same from being tampered with withoutdetection, a metallic seal, M, is employed, by which said lever E isrigidly fastened in the locking position in such amanher thatit'cannotbe disengaged from the outside of the box without first cuttinganddestroying said seal. paratory to being attached, first bent into theU shape shown in Fig. 4, when one of the op? posing ends of the-seal isinserted through the aperture N, formed in the protruding end of thelever E, as shown in Fig. 1, when the two The metallic seal Mis, pre-The'method of fastening the seal is as fol lows: Thesealbeinginsertedthrough the aperture N ofthe lever E, from which it is.suspended in a vertical position through the opening in the bracket F,the handle R is then inclined toward the right above the locking""'mechanism, when its lower end is inserted through the aperture 0 andpressed downward" and toward the left inthe position shown in. roo

Fig. 1, when the edge of the apertureLserves as a fulcrum to the handleR, whereby, as the upper end of the handle is pressed downward againstthe side of the aperture, theinner end of the handle is thrown upwardagainstsaid metallic seal, whereby the seal is forced upward against thepoint P, when said point perforates and enters thelower endsoftl1eseal,asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and thus holds thelower ends ofsaid seal securely in place. An aperture, S, is provided in the lowerend of said handle for the reception of said point P, which point enterssaid aperture S as the ends of said seal are being forced by said leverup in contact with and around said point. The bracket F may, if desired,be secured to the inner surface of the cover A, beneath the aperture L,by screws; but we preferably secure it in place by the malleablefastening-prongs T T T, east integral with the bracket F. The bracket Fbeing first inserted beneath the cover in the aperture L, the prongs Tare bent outward and over upon the exterior surface of the cover,thereby holding said bracket firmly in place.

Havingthus described ourinvention,what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I I 1. In a cover-retainer and seal forboxes and doors, the combination,with the cover or door, of alever-retaining bracket, F, angular lever E,centrally pivoted to saidbracket F upon the inner side of the cover or door and provided upon itsinner end with the retaining-hook I and upon its outer end with aseal-retaining aperture,N,seal M, formed of U shaped flexible metal, andadapted, when sealing the lock, to engage upon the downward-projectinglug I downward-projecting lug-P, formed integral with said bracket F,and cover -retaining bracket J, affixed to the inner walls oftheinclosure and adapted to engage with the retaining-hook I of thelever E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cover-retainer for boxes and doors,

hook I, and keeper J,rigidlyaifixed to theinner wall of the inelosingcase or box and adapted to engage said outturned retaining-hook I,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cover-fastener and seal, thecombination of the bracket F,provided with downward-projecting seal-retaining lug P, lever E.centrally pivoted to said bracket and adapted to engage at its lower endwhen locked in a retaining-keeper and provided at its upper outer endwith a seal-retaining aperture, N, seal M, suspended from saidseal-retaining aperture and extending beneath the lower surface of saidbracket F, and adapted to engage upon said seal-retaining lug P, andlever B, adapted when sealing said lock to extend downward or inwardbeneath the inner surface of said bracket F and against said metallicseal,whereby when said lever is inclined at its outer end away from saidlocking mechanism its inner end is brought in contact with and forcessaid seal against and around said seal-retaining lug P, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofwe aliix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE LIN DER. CONRAD FARNER.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, O. H. KEENEY.

